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Famous Quote from Thomas Jefferson,

"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion."



By:

Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)


(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Date:

1820

Source:

letter to William Charles Jarvis, 28 September 1820; The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Memorial Edition, Lipscomb and Bergh, eds., vol. 15 (278)

Categories:

Constitution, Freedom, Government, Independence, Individual Rights, Justice, Law, Liberty, Politics, President, Republic, Terrorism, Tyranny, Usurpation

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